She fell from the sky and rewrote 55 years of history in 64 minutes.
In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city?
Acting
Whittaker's 60-second costume hunt = instant icon status.
Direction
Childs makes Sheffield feel as cosmic as Gallifrey.
Writing
Chibnall finally explains why aliens invade random British cities.
Director
Jamie Childs
Jodie Whittaker
The Doctor
Bradley Walsh
Graham O'Brien
Mandip Gill
Yasmin Khan
Tosin Cole
Ryan Sinclair
Sharon D. Clarke
Grace O'Brien
Samuel Oatley
Tim Shaw
Jonny Dixon
Karl
Amit Shah
Rahul
Asha Kingsley
Sonia
Janine Mellor
Janey
Asif Khan
Ramesh Sunder
James Thackeray
Andy
Philip Abiodun
Dean
Stephen MacKenna
Dennis
Everal Walsh
Gabriel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This filmed in October 2017 but Jodie Whittaker's casting remained secret until July 2018. The crane fall was her first scene shot.
First female Doctor after 26 male actors, announced same week as BBC gender pay gap scandal—coincidence or calculated rehabilitation?
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